sound frantic
Frequency: 6.515.7 per million words
for one's voice to indicate they are frantic
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Examples (10)
- You sound frantic—is everything okay?
- On the phone, she sounded frantic after the alarm went off.
- He sounds almost frantic when he talks about the deadline.
- They didn't want to sound frantic, but their voices were shaking.
- Your message sounded downright frantic last night.
- If you keep calling like this, you'll sound frantic to the operator.
- The reporter sounded slightly frantic as she described the scene.
- I must have sounded frantic in that voicemail; sorry about that.
- Even in his apology, he sounded increasingly frantic.
- Try not to sound frantic when you ask for help.